[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > > One backup partly failed with : > > FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY: > k400 /mnt/d_mails lev 1 FAILED [dumps way too big, 1025270 KB, must > skip incremental dumps] > k400 /home/jpp lev 1 FAILED [dumps way too big, 1116100 KB, must > skip incremental dumps] > k400 /etc lev 0 STRANGE > > for some other directories and machines the backup is OK. > What is the problem ?
Evidently your tape size is less than the 1.025 GB size of your data, and you have no previous level 0 so Amanda can't generate an incremental. You can either use bigger tapes, enable the tape spanning feature found in recent versions of Amanda, or split those DLEs into smaller pieces. The 'STRANGE' entries are usually nothing to worry about. There will be a section in your report for the DLEs marked STRANGE that tell you exactly why. Any unexpected output from your dump program (dump or tar) is considered STRANGE. Usually its because a file changed while it was being backed up (log files and mail spools often cause this). The rest of the DLE is backed up, but the file(s) in question may or may not be depending on the exact circumstances. Frank > > Regards > > Storm66 > > -- Frank Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sr. Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501
